The new old, curiously botoxed Xbox 360 was announced at E3 to a crowd of shrugs. Why add makeup and eyeliner to a walking zombie? Whatever. The ace surgical team at iFixit got their hands on the new old Xbox 360 to see if anything changed inside. Here are the guts. Read More >>
Featured comment by J2ozac:
"Yeah, and a 3.5" 2TB NAS grade HDD is over £80 anyway, plus the cost of a USB to SATA cable... So what's the point?" More »
Chance are you've owned a "free" phone at some point or another, a beater that cost zero-down with your contract. That's still nothing compared to this £8 off-contract phone pickup from the Mingtong Digital Mall. But what is in one of those? Not much. Read More >>
There's nothing quite like a good, sordid gadget teardown, especially on video, to get the gadget-lust pumping. Sony obviously realises that too, as it keeps taking its own stuff apart to show you their slimline innards. The Xperia Tablet Z, might not be in our hands yet, but at least you know what its made from now. Man that thing is so damn thin. [Sony] Read More >>
Samsung is just about to announce the Galaxy S IV but the same Chinese site who showed us in clear detail what the S IV will look like has decided to pry open the giant superphone and expose its innards. We spy an 8-core processor, 13 megapixel camera and motion detector too. Read More >>
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"Call me sad and pathetic BUT I'm not impressed with the arrangement skills shown here... ifixit or whoever they are, do a nicer job... I mean come on!..." More »
The teardown kings over at iFixit have torn asunder the treasured Pebble Smartwatch and found, well, not a lot actually. Just a single board, battery, and screen, and no Bluetooth 4.0 either maybe? Oh, and don't even think of trying to repair this thing. It's just not going to happen, apparently. Read More >>
What's lovely about this alphabet made from camera parts by London graphic design student Stefan Abrahams, is that it organises a camera's beautiful internals as carefully as one should frame a picture. Each letter has a camera part, you can see the viewfinder as 'D' and the shutter curtain as 'R'. Read More >>
The world is awash with tablets, but if you're a nerd who likes to tinker, it's important that you buy one that isn't too tricky to take apart, repair and upgrade. Fortunately, iFixit has released a list which ranks tablets according to their repairability. Read More >>
Microsoft's Surface Pro may only have been released last week in the US, but iFixit has already torn it apart. Perhaps unsurprisingly, you don't wanna think about repairing or upgrading this thing, period. Read More >>
BlackBerry's new all-touch Z10 may have only been announced a little over a week ago, but some intrepid nerds have already torn the phone to shreds. And inside? It looks a lot like a Samsung. Read More >>
What do you get when you add lots of curious bloggers, a hot new device without spec sheets, and a drawer full of power tools? Yeah, that's right, it's teardown o'clock -- time for you to spend a few minutes basking in the silicon glow of Nintendo's latest and greatest. Read More >>
OK, here's a strange one. Following that iFixit teardown of the Nexus 4, it looks like LG and Google did kit out its new flagship with LTE after all, or at least a Qualcomm multi-band LTE chip, it's just not active. Why would LG and Google whack a 4G chip in there and not have it active? Read More >>
Our friends at iFixit are in the process of tearing down the Nexus 4, Google's latest and greatest Android phone. If you're of seeing exposed chips, circuits, guts and innards in all their glory, you'll want to follow along. Read More >>
Featured comment by Ian:
"Julian,
I think Google will be taking out a "cease and desist" order against you soon. Some of us didn't even get past Google Wallet, never mind r..." More »
According to a teardown by IHS, renowned estimator of how much companies actually pay for components, Apple’s iPad Mini carries a USD$188 (£118) cost of materials. You know how Google and Amazon are just barely breaking even on their tiny tablets? This is the opposite of that. Read More >>
Featured comment by MENTAL1ST:
"MS and Sony (and reportedly Nintendo, too on Wii U) initially sell their consoles at a loss, partly because they're fairly well assured five years or ..." More »
The new iPad came out the blue, its launch feeling a bit awkward, booting out as it did a perfectly good iPad 3 in the process. Still, reviews have been positive -- but just how different is it on the inside? Read More >>
Featured comment by Will.King.London:
"I wouldn't even call it an evolution. It comes across as a working mock-up of what the final product should look like. And then someone decided to j..." More »